Full Name | Jim Thorpe |
Net Worth | $15 Million |
Date Of Birth | May 22, 1887 |
Died | March 28, 1953, Lomita, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Prague, Indian Territory [now Oklahoma], USA |
Height | 1.85 m |
Weight | 92 kg |
Profession | Actor, Sailor, Baseball player, American football player |
Work Position | Jim Thorpe – awards and honors |
Education | Haskell Indian Nations University, Carlisle Indian Industrial School |
Spouse | Patricia Askew, Freeda V. Kirkpatrick, Iva Miller |
Children | Grace Thorpe, John "Jack" Thorpe, Richard Thorpe, Gale Thorpe, Carl Thorpe, William Thorpe, Jim Thorpe Jr., Charlotte Thorpe |
Parents | Hiram Thorpe, Charlotte Vieux |
Siblings | Charlie Thorpe |
Nicknames | Jim Thorpe, Thorpe, Jim |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0861680 |
Awards | SI's All-time College All-Stars |
Star Sign | Gemini |
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1 | He died in his trailer home in Lomita, CA. Thorpe was eating dinner with his wife, Patricia, when he suffered a heart attack. Patricia's screams attracted a neighbor, Colby Bradshaw, who administered artificial respiration for nearly half an hour. A county fire rescue squad took over and was momentarily successful. He revived, recognized persons around him and spoke to them. Thorpe was conscious for only a brief time before he suffered a relapse and died. |
2 | Inducted into the San Pedro [California] Sportswalk to the Waterfront. |
3 | Inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 1972 (inaugural class). |
4 | Inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. The hall of fame is administered by The Jim Thorpe Association. |
5 | The Jim Thorpe Award has been presented annually by The Jim Thorpe Association to the best defensive back in college football since 1986. |
6 | After he died in 1953, the town of Mauck Chunk, Pennsylvania, in exchange for the right to bury his body, offered to change its name to Jim Thorpe, PA. A movement has since been started to have his body returned to its native Oklahoma. |
7 | In addition to his many athletic accomplishments, he also won the 1912 Intercollegiate Ballroom Dancing Championship. |
8 | According to "Peanuts and Crackerjack", a book of baseball anecdotes, while the early twentieth-century New York Giants teams were fun-loving, nobody dared to try to mess with Jim Thorpe. Thorpe was described as a man with a "gold medal temper" with brute strength to back it up. One teammate described Thorpe fighting a man as a dog would grab a rat. |
9 | Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951 (charter class). |
10 | Had a twin brother, Charles Thorpe, who died of pneumonia at the age of nine. Jim loved his brother and never ceased to mourn him. |
11 | Of combined Irish and Native American (Sac and Fox) ancestry. |
12 | Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1983 (charter member). |
13 | The Olympic medals which were stripped from him during his professional career were returned to his family in the early 1990s. |
14 | His Native American name was Wathahuck (Bright Path). |
15 | Halfback for the Canton Bulldogs (1915-1920,1926), Cleveland Indians (1921), Oorang Indians (1922-1923), Rock Island Independent (1924), New York Giants (1925) and Chicago Cardinals (1928). |
16 | Outfielder for the New York Giants (1913-1915, 1917-1919), Cincinnati Reds (1917) and Boston Braves (1919). |
17 | Charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. |
18 | Pictured on one of fifteen 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the "Celebrate the Century" series, issued 3 February 1998, celebrating the 1910s; honored for his accomplishments in the 1912 Olympics. |
19 | Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 24 May 1984. |
20 | Named America's greatest athlete of the first half of the twentieth century. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Dark Horse | 1932 | | Blackfeet Indian Chief (uncredited) |
Battling with Buffalo Bill | 1931 | | Swift Arrow [Chs. 9-12] |
Touchdown! | 1931 | | Football Player (uncredited) |
Wagon Master | 1950 | | Navajo Indian |
White Heat | 1949 | | Big Convict (uncredited) |
Yes Sir, That's My Baby | 1949 | | Assistant Coach (uncredited) |
Road to Utopia | 1945 | | Collins - Ship's Passenger (uncredited) |
The Vampire's Ghost | 1945 | | Native (uncredited) |
Beyond the Pecos | 1945 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
Outlaw Trail | 1944 | | Henchman Spike |
Outlaws of Santa Fe | 1944 | | Townsman (uncredited) |
They Died with Their Boots On | 1941 | | Indian (uncredited) |
Meet John Doe | 1941 | | John Doe Applicant (uncredited) |
Prairie Spooners | 1941 | Short | Indian |
Mexican Spitfire Out West | 1940 | | Indian (uncredited) |
Prairie Schooners | 1940 | | Chief Sanche |
Arizona Frontier | 1940 | | Gray Cloud |
Henry Goes Arizona | 1939 | | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
Man of Conquest | 1939 | | Cherokee Indian (uncredited) |
The Man from Texas | 1939 | | Posse Rider |
Frontier Scout | 1938 | | Henchman (uncredited) |
Start Cheering | 1938 | | Head Linesman (uncredited) |
Cattle Raiders | 1938 | | Trial Spectator (uncredited) |
Born to the West | 1937 | | Barfly (uncredited) |
52nd Street | 1937 | | Street Thug (uncredited) |
Big City | 1937 | | |
San Quentin | 1937 | | Convict (uncredited) |
Pick a Star | 1937 | | Man in Audience at Talent Contest (uncredited) |
Green Light | 1937 | | Indian (uncredited) |
Trailin' West | 1936 | | Black Eagle |
Yellowstone | 1936 | | George (uncredited) |
The Phantom Rider | 1936 | | Indian (Ch's 11,13) (uncredited) |
Wildcat Trooper | 1936 | | Indian Fur Trapper |
Treachery Rides the Range | 1936 | | Chief Red Smoke |
Under Two Flags | 1936 | uncredited | |
Hill-Tillies | 1936 | Short | 1st Indian |
Silly Billies | 1936 | | Medicine Man (uncredited) |
Sutter's Gold | 1936 | | Man (uncredited) |
Klondike Annie | 1936 | | Minor Role (uncredited) |
Captain Blood | 1935 | | Pirate (uncredited) |
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | 1935 | Short | Indian Chief (uncredited) |
The Ivory-Handled Gun | 1935 | | Henchman Jack (uncredited) |
Moonlight on the Prairie | 1935 | | Henchman (uncredited) |
Fighting Youth | 1935 | | Football Player from Carlisle (uncredited) |
The Last Days of Pompeii | 1935 | | Spectator Tossing Coins (uncredited) |
Barbary Coast | 1935 | | Indian (uncredited) |
It's in the Air | 1935 | | Indian Father (uncredited) |
Wanderer of the Wasteland | 1935 | | Charlie Jim |
The Farmer Takes a Wife | 1935 | | Indian (uncredited) |
The Daring Young Man | 1935 | | Convict (uncredited) |
She | 1935 | | Captain of the Guard (uncredited) |
The Arizonian | 1935 | uncredited | |
Alibi Ike | 1935 | | Major League Baseball Player (uncredited) |
Code of the Mounted | 1935 | | Eagle Feather |
The Miracle Rider | 1935 | | Indian Warrior (uncredited) |
One Run Elmer | 1935 | Short | Second Baseman (uncredited) |
Under Pressure | 1935 | | Mucker (uncredited) |
Rustlers of Red Dog | 1935 | | Chief Scarface [Chs. 6, 11] |
Behold My Wife! | 1934 | | Indian Chief (uncredited) |
The Red Rider | 1934 | | Bill Abel, Portos Henchman |
Sweepings | 1933 | | Indian (uncredited) |
King Kong | 1933 | | New York Theatergoer (uncredited) |
Wild Horse Mesa | 1932 | | Indian Chief |
Air Mail | 1932 | | Indian (uncredited) |
The Golden West | 1932 | | Medicine Man (uncredited) |
Always Kickin' | 1932 | Short | |
White Eagle | 1932 | | Indian Chief (uncredited) |
Off His Base | 1932 | Short | Jim Thorpe |
Hold 'Em Jail | 1932 | | Football Player (uncredited) |
My Pal, the King | 1932 | | Black Cloud (as James Thorpe) |